திங்கள், நவம்பர் 08, 2010

மாணவர்களின் பதில்கள்

என்னுடைய வேலையில் எனக்கு பிடிக்காத காரியம் - தேற்சிகளை திருத்துவது. ஆனால் அப்போப்போ மாணவர்களின் பதில்களை கண்டு நல்ல entertainment கிடைக்கும். பரீட்சைகளை திருத்தும் போது நான் எப்படி கற்று கொடுக்கிறேன் என்ற assessment எனக்கு வெளிப்படை யாகும். சில answers பார்த்து - மாணவர்களுக்கு புரிகிறது என்று சந்தொஷம் அடைவேன். மற்ற பதில்களை பார்த்தால் yஎன்னதான் குப்பைய கொட்டுகிரோமோ என்று தோணும். I am sure I had done my fair share of writing stories for various exams in Vet school.

அனாடமி பிசியோலோஜி பரீட்சையில் vitamin D பற்றி ஒரு கேள்வி கேட்டிருந்தேன். மாணவர்களின் rote memorization திறமைகளை விட அவர்களின் application திறமைகளை பரீட்சை செய்வது நல்லது என்பதால் integumentary system குறித்து ஒரு கேள்வி கேட்டிருந்தேன்.

என்னுடைய கேள்வி : க்ரநிஒதபெஸ் என்ற skull bone softening disorder அதிகமாக is prevalent in babies born to பெண்கள் from மத்திய கிழக்கு நாடுகள் where the wearing of புர்கா is more common. Based on your knowledge of the தோலின் functions explain why this disorder is prevalent in higher incidence in அரபு குழந்தைகள்?

என் மாணவர்கள் எழுதின சில கதைகளை பாருங்கள் ; இந்த மாணவர் கேள்வியை சரியாக வாச்கிக்கவில்லை - ஆகையால் இந்த பதில் :

1) if a new born baby wears a புர்கா then the புர்கா will be applying pressure, although not a lot to the skull as it is trying to grow and cause skull softening

2) இன்னொரு பதில் - Because of the புர்கா the skin will not get nutrients so the hair would be fine and so that would put more pressure from the headpiece which would overtime increase the softness of the skull, the nerve endings won't be built up and the genes may become mutated and the skin layers would be less structurally sound and children could have the same problem because of the genetically predisposed mother.

3)அடுத்த பதில் - babies born to mothers who wear head covering will genetically "trick" their bodies into thinking the skull need not be as hard because it won't be getting that kind of exposure.

Some of these answers - என்ன சொல்றது ?? but all they needed to write was that without UV rays from exposure to the sun the vitamin D does not get converted to the active form and hence is not accessible to increase gut absorption of calcium - எலும்பு வளர்சியிற்கு இன்றியிமையாதது.

Oh well...

சைடு நோட்: apparently vitamin D is the magic now, it is found to be important for everything so some people here take it over above and beyond their requirement.

Gujili

4 கருத்துகள்:

  1. Gujili..
    These answers are better than our answers to Daddy's exams .I remember few of our friends written cricket commentary ,movie reviews etc..etc..and still able to get A grades. He used to weigh the paper and marks are directly propositional to the weight. So I used to write min 50-60 pages for his exams with half knowledge. Proudly I can say I am also one of the maximum mark scorer in his exams

    Chocks

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  2. I hope you dont do "Daddy" there. Compared to what our nayooran has written in his papers these are nothing, but it is interesting. May be if nayooran was borne america karan , would have written his own stories in english.Stories and students are same everywhere, only the language differs..
    karaiyan.

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  3. Indha kelwiyai en manaiwiyidam ketten.
    Awal, 'Kanawan thalayil kottum podhu thappipadharkaga' engiraal.Widai saridhaanaa Gujili?
    BHAI.

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  4. allright Chokka - was it rumor that Daddy used to weigh the papers and give the grade or did you actually see it? I have heard that too. I know his notes that he used to read out of were so yellowed out that it deserved to go to the pattaani kadai and earn some paise. I am not sure if daddy really read any of the answers but I managed to get through.
    Karayaan - I can't pull a daddy here on these exams because of this huge issue of accountability here. Not only do I have to grade these exams in detail, I also have to write comments and the correct answer on the margins (I have 104 exams every time and I give 4 exams a semester in addition to quizze and assignments). Additionally, I also make available to them online, the correct answers so they know what the expectations are. Students want to know where and why they missed the points. The students look over their graded exam and they schedule an appointment to come see me about it if they didn't do so well. Many of these students pay for these classes out of their own pockets, very few have parents pay for them. So most of the time they want to get their money's worth so some of them even though 18 or 19 they are responsible and mature. Of course, not all of them are that way.
    Some students have this customer mentality of a business and get upset if you cancel classes because they want their money's worth and don't want to miss out on material they ought to know for their profession. I have never cancelled a single class in all these years unless we have inclement weather - like snow storms. Sometimes it is almost cut-throat competition. But you are right - stories are everywhere and students are same no matter what culture or language.
    Bhai - I like your samsaram's badhil. I think I am going with it. Absolutely correct vidai, go Mrs Bhai, go Mrs. Bhai!! yeah yeah yeah!
    Gujili

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